The challenging the culture of the planter class Gragg, Larry Dale 1950- creator ebrary, Inc text bibliography Electronic books. mou Columbia University of Missouri Press c2009 2009 monographic eng

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x, 192 p. : map. "From darkness to light" : the emergence of the Society of Friends in England -- "A little England" : the development of Barbados as England's most prosperous colony -- "Many people convinced" : establishing the Quaker community on Barbados -- "Amongst them called Quakers in this island" : the people attracted to the Quaker community -- "Kept in the heavenly awe of God" : the creation of a Quaker counter-culture on Barbados -- "Uncharitably pursued and anathematized with words, and execrations, and bitter invectives, by a base sort of phanatick people, commonly termed Quakers" : the Quaker critique of the dominant culture -- "Thou hast no right to reign over their conscience in matters of worship of the living God" : the Quaker challenge to slavery on Barbados -- "We are reduced to a very small number" : the decline of the Quaker community on Barbados -- Epilogue. Larry Gragg. "Focusing primarily on the seventeenth century, Gragg draws on wills, censuses, levy books, letters, sermons and journals to tell how Quakers on Barbados sought to implement their beliefs in a place ruled by a planter class that had built its wealth on the backs of slaves"--Provided by publisher. Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-186) and index. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. nwbb--- Quakers Barbados History 17th century Community life Barbados History 17th century Counterculture Barbados History 17th century Slavery Barbados History 17th century Plantation owners Barbados History 17th century Social conflict Barbados History 17th century Barbados History 17th century Barbados Social conditions 17th century Barbados Church history F2041 .G733 2009eb 289.6/7298109032 http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10364847 http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10364847 CaPaEBR 090203 ebr10364847